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Volkswagen recalls tens of thousands of Polos assembled in Russia for repairs

  • April 27, 2022
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The Russian office of the Volkswagen brand has announced a recall of 75,396 Polo cars. As the AvtoVzglyad portal found out, the current generation cars assembled at the

The Russian office of the Volkswagen brand has announced a recall of 75,396 Polo cars. As the AvtoVzglyad portal found out, the current generation cars assembled at the Kaluga plant should enter service from April 2020 to February 2022.

For vehicles called for repair: “Mobile Online Services functionality may not always be fully available.” From this description we can conclude that the German brand has abandoned the ERA-GLONASS units, which now need a flash. Or, in official language, “update the software of the emergency call module control unit and the communication unit”.

Incidentally, the car owners themselves complained that the emergency call button may not work on Volkswagen Polo liftbacks. But often the problem was solved by resetting the electronic unit by removing it and disconnecting its built-in battery.

Remember that with the generational change, the German sedan popular with Russians – in the best traditions of the related Skoda – has turned into a liftback. What are the advantages and disadvantages of changing the format immediately after the premiere of the novelty was studied by the AvtoVzglyad portal.

For vehicles called for repair: “Mobile Online Services functionality may not always be fully available.” From this description we can conclude that the German brand has abandoned the ERA-GLONASS units, which now need a flash. Or, in official language, “update the software of the emergency call module control unit and the communication unit”.

Incidentally, the car owners themselves complained that the emergency call button may not work on Volkswagen Polo liftbacks. But often the problem was solved by resetting the electronic unit by removing it and disconnecting its built-in battery.

Remember that with the generational change, the German sedan popular with Russians – in the best traditions of the related Skoda – has turned into a liftback. What are the advantages and disadvantages of changing the format immediately after the premiere of the novelty was studied by the AvtoVzglyad portal.

Source: Avto Vzglyad

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